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U.S. v. BILLINGS

No. 07-2307.

546 F.3d 472 (2008)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Darnell C. BILLINGS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 8, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard N. Cox (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Urbana, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Melissa A. Murphy-Petros (argued), Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and WOOD and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.

Defendant Darnell Billings received a statutory minimum sentence of life imprisonment after pleading guilty to dealing over 50 grams of crack cocaine. He claims the government should have rewarded his cooperation by filing a substantial assistance motion under 18 U.S.C. § 3553(e), which would have freed the district court to sentence him below the statutory minimum. Billings also claims the government should have told him that his incarcerated...

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